Businesses often require the use of dual-boot setups -- computers that can run more than one operating system -- to access certain applications or hardware. Some older software and devices aren't ...

Starting your Surface from a USB drive can be useful if you want to change firmware settings or Windows startup settings or if your Surface device does not turn on, start, boot, or wake from sleep.

I imaged my boot drive (2 drives mirrored with a hardware RAID controller) onto a new hard drive connected to a different controller than the original controller. What do I need to do to get Windows ...

If there are multiple drives installed in the computer, then it can create confusion as to which drive has a Bootloader. This scenario usually happens when Master Boot Record is on the wrong drive.

The boot drive is the most fundamental of all the drives your PC may use, as it contains the operating system. Whether it's a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD), it has everything your ...

When your PC stops booting, a boot drive is the electronic version of a defibrillator. If you can boot your PC, you can detect bad memory, chase bad sectors, change passwords, and recover data … all ...

Connecting an external hard drive to a computer before turning on the system can confuse the device when loading the operating system. When a computer hangs after the BIOS splash screen while being ...

Several of my devices have limited capacity on boot drives. On these devices, I'd like to move iCloud drive from the boot drive to an external drive. First, I looked up the process on Windows 10. You ...

Is it possible to copy only C drive to SSD? “I’m working to upgrade the primary HDD to a 2TB SSD for my HP desktop. I have a decent amount of software (Windows, Office, Photoshop, Steam / Xbox games, ...